creative breakthrough

Play takes us beyond the bounds of what our minds think is reasonable
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Play takes us beyond the bounds of what our minds think is reasonable

Perhaps the reason why creativity is given short shrift in academia is because it has a light, playful energy, rather than the heavy, dense energy of facts, charts, research….and heavy books that have been sitting in dusty corners of the library for a hundred years. I got my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and…

Tapping creative powers that are only accessible when we move beyond our thinking
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Tapping creative powers that are only accessible when we move beyond our thinking

Creative power is Godlike. When we’re on fire, nothing can stop us. Can a boulder block a stream? No. The stream is going to go somewhere whether the boulder is there or not. A boulder can’t stop it. The Deep Creative is the power of that stream and it’s possible for us to harness it….

When we don’t know what we’re doing, we’re hooked up to a greater wisdom.

When we don’t know what we’re doing, we’re hooked up to a greater wisdom.

I once heard the celebrated filmmaker David Lynch interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air. Host Terry Gross asked Lynch something about what he does when he makes a movie. Lynch responded that when he makes a movie, he “doesn’t really know” what he’s doing. This statement has always stayed with me. When the amazing David Lynch…

Images produce breakthroughs
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Images produce breakthroughs

Psychologist David Premack writes, “The original and basic unit of mental activity, which remains the psyche’s preferred way of operating, is the image.” Humans have been accessing inner images since pre-historic times when tribes painted visions onto cave walls. In the case of every scientific discovery which has been researched carefully, it has been found…

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